Community, Parish Council & Village
St Mary’s Church is holding its Autumn churchyard clear-up on Saturday 27th November starting at 9am. A great opportunity for volunteers to come along, with rakes and gardening gloves please, to help tidy up.
Sunday 21st sees a special Family Service at St Mary’s Church welcoming children from Heathlands School. The service starts at 9:30am if you would like to join them.
If so, why not access your favourite e-Tailer through our webshop. The prices, offers, discounts will all be the same with the single difference that they will pay commission to parish funds which can then be spent on community projects! For a typical Xmas Present shopping list commission of around £15 could be earned. The website is dead easy to remember – just type in buy.at/westbergholt in your browser and either search there or click through to your favourite online shop.
The latest update from buy.at includes new offers and shops:
SPECIAL OFFERS
Activity Superstore – 10% off everything
PLAY – 25% off selected board games
ASDA grocery– 3 for £10 on selected Wine
Thorntons – 3 for 2 on selected treats
Game – Call of Duty: Black Ops for only £24.99 (RRP£42.95)
Dare 2b – 60% off sale
Superdrug – 3 for 2 deal
Hotels – up to 40% off winter beach holidays
NEW RETAILERS
National Trust Memberships
Women’s Institute – November 2010 ReportThe president, Pat Moran, welcomed members to the Annual Meeting. Vouchers were given to Joyce Hollock and Mary Fulford who were joint winners of the monthly competition for 2010. A letter was received from the federation secretary, Val Stone, for our cheque of £19.32 collected from ‘pennies for friendship’ for ACWW.
Pat Beeching chaired the Annual Meeting with president Pat Moran re-elected, Pat McSweeny remaining as treasurer, Marie Fitz-John minute secretary and Jacqui Hunns joining the committee as secretary. Retiring secretary, Rachael Colley, was presented with a plant and good wishes given to her for her forthcoming marriage.
Two plays then followed ‘Crickets’ written by Rene Keates and ‘Old Friends’ written by Joyce Lucking both members of our WI.
Next month is the Christmas party which will begin earlier at 7pm, members are reminded to please bring cutlery and a glass.
Great results in the league cup!
Our under 8s unfortunately didn’t score any goals today, at home to Stanway Villa.
The under 12s played Wivenhoe youth Reds at home in the league cup and ran out comfortable 11-0 winners. The goals were scored by Ronan Gallagher, Aaron Marley, Jake Adams, Gianni Sabini, Antonio Sabini, James Hirst, a hat-trick from James Holden, plus two own goals. Bergholt Heath also missed a penalty. Our ‘man of the match’ was James Hirst.
Our under 13 team also played at home in the league cup, going two better than the under 12s by beating Halstead Town Reds 13-0. The goal scorers were: Cameron Siedlecki x 2, Henry Ellis x 2, Callum Sells x 2, Myles Went, Kier Brown, Daniel Harding x 2, Jonathan Knight, Arthur Turner and Edward Quilty.
The under 15s game Vs Gt Bradfords was postponed due to player unavailability.
Our under 16s completed the home ties in the league cup, beating Brooklands 4-3 in extra time – after being 3-0 down at one time! The Bergholt scorers were: Tom Hodder x 2, Glenn Wheeler and Bradley Povah.
The under 18s did not have a scheduled fixture today.
Next weekends fixtures:
Bures v Under 8
Lexden Saints v Under 12
Under 13 v Stanway KO 10 am
Under 15 v Clacton KO 12 noon
Under 16 No game scheduled
Under 18 v Lawford Blues – League Cup – KO 2pm
Next Saturday 13th November, Bergholt Heath YFC are holding a General Knowledge Quiz at the Orpen Hall. Starting at 7:30pm the event is open to teams of all ages up to 6 people per team with a trophy to be won by the winners. The cost is £10 per team in advance or £12 on the day. Please bring your own drinks and nibbles and some spare cash for the raffle.
Interested in youth football? Find out more about your local team at http://www.westbergholt.net/football.htm.
Our under 8s scored 2 goals this week, away to Clare.
The under 12s drew 1-1 away to Cornard Dynamos Blues. They went behind with an own goal in the first half but yet again played much better in the second half and deserved to level the match with a goal scored by Ronan Gallagher. Antonio Sabini also hit the bar with a clever long range free kick as Bergholt dominated the last 30 minutes. The Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’ was Matthew James.
Our under 13 team gave what the manager described as a “halloween” performance and were 5-1 down at half time away to Stanway Villa and eventually lost 9-1.
The under 15s team did not play this week.
Our under 16s lost away 3-1 to AFC Sudbury in a tight physical match. Tom Hodder scoring the Bergholt Heath goal.
The under 18s were the only team at home this week, but unfortunately also lost 3-1 to Feering Falcon Reds who apparently were aided by a couple of strange refereeing decisions. Joshua Wright scored the Bergholt Heath goal.
Next week the attention of the older age groups turns to the league cup, whilst the under 8s continue in the ‘non competitive’ league. The fixtures are below, note the slightly later kick off times due to fireworks the previous night on the Poors field:
Fixtures 7th November:
Under 8s vs. Stanway Rovers Yellows, kick off 11.30am
Under 12s vs. Wivenhoe Reds, kick off 10.30am (League cup R2)
Under 13s vs. Halstead Reds, kick off 12 noon (league cup R1)
Under 15s vs. Gt Bradfords postponed due to lack of players
Under 16s vs. Brooklands, kick off 2pm (league cup R2)
Under 18s have a spare weekend and there is no scheduled fixture
Gardeners and farmers are never satisfied with the weather. Despite some long dry spells early in the season and then a wet period, it has been a good productive season for most of us at the allotments. The weeds seem to have been harder to control than ever but amongst them all everything from potatoes to cabbages and courgettes have cropped well. With all but the winter vegetables left to harvest plot holders can begin to turn their minds to next season. The manure has arrived and digging can begin.
Tips for the winter months:
A good internet link for further advice can be found at http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden_month/garden_october.php
Allotment Holders Site Committee
The under 8s had another disappointing day away to Halstead, and didn’t score any goals for the second match running.
The under 12s drew 1-1 at home to Bures. In what was a typical “game of 2 halves”, in the first half Bures took the lead with a long range shot that dropped into the roof of the net – whilst many of the Bergholt boys looked like they were still to wake up. In the second half Bergholt played much better and carried the game to Bures, equalising through Gianni Sabini. Unfortunately despite pressing they could not force the winner. The Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’ was Gianni Sabini.
Our under 13 side also played at home, losing to Colchester Athletic 5-2. Cameron Siedlecky and Callum Sells scoring the two Bergholt Heath goals.
The under 15s game was postponed a while ago due to injuries and known absences with half term holidays.
Our under 16 team completed the 3 home games on the Poors field but also lost, 2-1, at home to Feering Falcons. Jack Gatland scoring the Bergholt Heath goal.
Finally our under 18 side, looking stronger with some recent signings, won away 5-2 at Clacton Community. Dean Bennell scored a hat-trick with Leo Reid and Jacob Hill adding the others.
Next weeks fixtures:
Clare Town Lions Vs Under 8s
Cornard Dynamos Blues Vs Under 12s
Stanway Villa Vs Under 13s
The under 15 match is postponed
AFC Sudbury Vs Under 16s
Under 18s Vs Feering Falcon Reds
… The Orpen Players next performances are targeted squarely at the Halloween season with a production of “The Ghost Train” by Arnold Ridley (of Dad’s Army fame) running at 8pm on 28th – 30th October.
The plot revolves around a party of passengers who find themselves stranded in the waiting room of an isolated station. The station master tries to get them to leave citing the local legend of a ghost train that dooms all who see it to death.
Cast details etc… at http://www.orpenplayers.co.uk/